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I'm uncertain how much these things count as "robotics." From what I can tell, Jibo is only a robot in the same sense a Transformer toy is; conceptually it's ju
by PhasmaFelis 7y ago
I'm uncertain how much these things count as "robotics." From what I can tell, Jibo is only a robot in the same sense a Transformer toy is; conceptually it's just an Alexa with a couple of swivel joints.
Mekamon looked like it had some impressively agile movements, so there was actual robotics there, but I don't think it did anything with them that you couldn't have done with an R/C truck or tank.
- HALtheWise 7y agoNotably, Jibo started before the Amazon Echo was announced, and their core bet that home voice assistants would be popular actually ended up being true. Unfortunately for them, they took so long to get to market and arrived at such a high price point that they still lost.